Rolling With It.

I do not through money at furniture.

Fact.

First of all that would make me a dumb butt. I know the market here in western North Carolina very well and I got to know it by having a healthy respect for it. When I very first started selling my refurbished pieces of furniture I felt like I needed to start small with a tiny budget, learn my craft very well and (here’s the most important part) stay as humble as I could. Back when I was still doing Markets I met a lot of furniture flippers that I saw once and then never saw or heard from them again. And it was always the same story. They would have a stunningly elaborate booth with about 5 sticks of pristine antique furniture in it and not a one of them was priced under $300. First, that’s a huge cash outlay (unless your Granny gave you those five pieces). Second the price point really narrows your buyers field. I have always really watched what I shelled out for my inventory . I find a piece of furniture, usually in ok to needs a bit of help kinda condition and then do some some really quick math in my head. The math involves can I repair it? Do I have the paint or do I need to buy it? Is hardware involved? That sort of stuff. But the formula I follow not matter what?

Can I at least ( all variables considered ) triple my investment?

If the answer is NO, I walk away. I am not happy about it at all but I walk.

Today’s project is a really good example of all that mess above this sentence :)))))

Lord amighty this piece has seen some crap ya’ll.

See that price tag?

I saw that price tag………..and just about lost my butt on this one. I had already brought this really beat up desk home, unloaded it, sanded the top down AND for the love of God……. painted it when I figured out that the bottom two drawers were beyond repair!!!!!! I am not at all kidding. Who does this crap??